Akhar עָכָר

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Akhar
עָכָר
Transliterationakhar
Strong's numberH5917
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechname of a man
GlossAchan
Occurrences1 in 1 verse

Akhar (Hebrew עָכָר, Strong's H5917) is a name of a man in the Old Testament, glossed “Achan”. It occurs 1 time.

Definition

A man of the tribe of Judah living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at Jos.7.1;
son of: Carmi (H3756H)
Another spelling of a.khan (עָכָן "Achan" H5912)
§ Achar = "troubler"
1) a Judaite who violated God's specific ban on taking any loot from the captured city of Jericho and was stoned to death along with his family for this violation
1a) alternate spelling for 'Achan'

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVachar (1)
BSBachar (1)

Verses

Every verse with Akhar, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

1 Chronicles

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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